Ajay Thakur was born in Dabhota, a small village in the municipality of Nalagarh, Himachal Pradesh. His father was state level wrestler and his brother was former Indian Kabaddi Player. He inspired to emulate their success one day. Ajay completed his primary education form Sant Ishar Singh Public School. He started playing kabaddi from his school days. His Sister supported him to play Kabaddi. He was one of the youngest player to represent India at the age of 19 years. He completed his graduation from Government Post Graduate College, Himachal Pradesh.

Initially he was playing for Air India, now for his state. He has been representing India in Kabaddi from 2013 and has received many accolades for his performances. He was the Man of the tournament in 2016 World Cup and pulled off a spectacular performance by leading India’s comeback against Iran in the finals. Currently he is serving as DSP in Himachal Pradesh and was recently appointed captain of the Indian team and will be leading India in Asian games.

He has almost all skills in his hands. For 7 defenders he generally goes for bonus points and hand touches using his long reach to good effect. In case of 6 he uses his height for Escape, Running Hand touch and Turning skills. He is really good with his escape and Hand touch when 4 defenders are there. In Supertackle situations he mostly uses turning skill. His dominance over bonus, Running hand touch and Turning skills are outstanding. His ability to score multiple points in a single raid escaping from defenders has created the pet name Escape artist.